However, these cuts will require fundamental shifts in technology and behaviour. Much more ambitious policies are needed if the 2050 target, as well as 2020…
That makes it the perfect spot from which to launch a new research project run by The University of Nottingham as part of the Open Air Laboratories (OPAL)…
“I thought, wow, this happens and people never think much about it. It’s just an accepted part of the landscape,” said Tom Langen, associate professor of…
Populations of dolphins in the Eastern Pacific were expected to increase in abundance after successful regulations and agreements were enacted to reduce…
This new building will become a resource for marine ecological research at Scripps and for other national and international ocean science organizations that…
A study published in the Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology this week outlines ways in which household waste can be recycled by using…
The new date coincides with a period of significant climate change, known as the Last Glacial Maximum, when a marked cooling in temperature resulted in the…
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and its partners have launched ENERFISH, a three-year project concerned with producing biodiesel from the waste…
Large-scale use of low-carbon electricity is one technological innovation that Imperial researchers will be developing in the new 'Planet 2050' programme,…
Dale has investigated how several major UK companies have responded to the threat of climate change. By comparing their public rhetoric with actual corporate…
The giant fish Arapaima gigas is one of the most emblematic of these. Better known by the name of paiche in Peru or pirarucu in Brazil, it is one of the word’s…
Vertical motions associated with this current have been responsible for transporting a substantial fraction of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions from…
Fort Pierce, Florida – November 19, 2008 – The Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) and its collaborators announced today the world's first use of…
The health threat to city dwellers posed by Southern California wildfires like those of November 2008 may have been underestimated by officials.Detailed…
Global land use patterns and increasing pressures on water resources demand creative urban stormwater management. Traditional stormwater management focuses on…
Today’s global road emissions have a strong and long-lasting effect on climate. After 100 years these emissions will lead to a temperature increase that is six…